Our work deals with the semantic 3D reconstruction of some rooms of Forte San Giorgio on Capraia Island (Livorno, Italy) excavated by the University of Pisa during the last summer. Data acquisition was achieved by total station and processed in order to generate a simple 3D dxf file for the schematic representation of the building; dxf is an “open format” and has a complete integration with xml...

Soil seepage failure within cofferdams is a dangerous phenomenon that always poses difficulties for designers and builders of excavations in zones with high water levels. When the hydraulic head difference H between upstream downstream sides reaches critical height, soil occurs. Depending on properties, soil-wall interface characteristics, cofferdam design, different modes can be observed: heav...

Simulation is an eeective technique to test software where testing in the real environment is not feasible. A 3D graphical simulator can make the software testing process much more eeective and eecient. With graphical representation, the softwares behavior can be observed in a virtual environment similar to the real environment. This kind of simulator can be best used in testing embedded system...

We described 3D printing technique and automated design software and clinical results after the application of this AFO to a patient with a foot drop. After acquiring a 3D modelling file of a patient's lower leg with peroneal neuropathy by a 3D scanner, we loaded this file on the automated orthosis software and created the "STL" file. The designed AFO was printed using a fused filament fabricat...

Background X-ray magnetic resonance fusion (XMRF) is used to enhance fluoroscopically guided catheterization procedures. We present a new method for biplane XMRF involving an augmented fluoroscopy prototype (Siemens, Forchheim, Germany). With this software it is possible to register 3D MRI data to biplane X-ray projections based on internal markers, without the need for a C-arm CT to perform 3D...

Detailed 3D plant architectural data have numerous applications in plant science, but many existing approaches for 3D data collection are time-consuming and/or require costly equipment. Recently, there has been rapid growth in the availability of low-cost, 3D cameras and related open source software applications. 3D cameras may provide measurements of key components of plant architecture such a...

In anticipation of high quality 3D-TV and 3D-stereoscopic computer workstations soon being "enabled" by new developments in HDTV and high resolution at panel displays, we are studying and developing some of the software that will be needed. This paper surveys three software topics that span the breadth of our work: issues relating to geometry, to compression, and to an infrastructure for 3D-ste...

Software visualisations of one form or another appear in numerous software maintenance tools. Visualisation is arguably one of the most profitable means of communicating information to a user. As software systems become larger and more complex we find ourselves in greater need for techniques to visualise such large information structures. This paper concentrates on visualising software systems ...